Robert Saitz
bsaitz@bu.edu

Professor Emeritus. A.B., Boston University; M.A., Iowa; Ph.D., Wisconsin

Teaching and Research Interests:English language and linguistics; English as a second language 

Book Publications: Eight Novellas by Ramon Gomez de la Serna (2006); Short Takes in Fiction (1993); Milestones (1987); Contemporary Perspectives (1984); Stimulus (1983); Handbook of Gestures (1982); Challenge (1978); ESL videoscripts and readers (e.g. "Elenita Goes to Market" and "The Magic Tent Show") (1990)

Work in Progress: Translations of Gomez de la Serna and a contemporary Spanish playwright (Lumbreras); an intermediate ESL reader; a low-intermediate college ESL text

Honors, Grants, and Awards:Fulbright Lecturer, Colombia (1960-62), Spain (1969-70); director of various internationally oriented projects under grants from the Ford Foundation, NDEA, and other sources

Other Professional Activities: Columnist, MATSOL [Mass. Assn. of Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages] Currents; past president, Association of Teachers of English as a Second Language (National Assn. of Foreign Student Affairs); Director of various NDEA ESL institutes